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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 20:55:26
Message-Id: AANLkTilM8DToz5h17-4ijMbMcYH0foL7DRDMV6OYwQpA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 >> > if your mobo does not supporting re-assigning interrupts: you can't.
2 >>
3 >> Would that be done in the BIOS?  There is a list of interrupts in the
4 >> BIOS and I can select either "Unassigned" or "Reserved" I think.  What
5 >> affect will reserving an interrupt have?
6 >>
7 >> - Grant
8 >
9 > I really don't know. Ask the support of your vendor ;)
10
11 Fair enough. Can you tell me why a motherboard would assign 2 devices
12 to the same IRQ when there are obviously many free ones? Is it just
13 bad implementation?
14
15 - Grant

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Preventing a shared interrupt Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>